Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Vevay, Switzerland County, 30 July 1840 — Page 3

VEVAY TIMES AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

Tho Question Settled.

W. II. GRAY, ESQ.

ward course! —An administration, which, in the outset, laid down economy and tho integrity of public functionaries, as its leading principles—but whoso practices have been so little m accordance with these principles, that the public expenditures have been almost trebled , and instead of integrity among, public functionaries, the modern Democratic principle, that to the "victors belong the spoils!” and the scrupulous exactness with which Mr. Van Boren carries it out, has rendered t!w tens of thousands of offices within the gift of the President, as merely .so many mcana wherewith to reward partizan services—thus openly encouraging political and mo. ral depravity, and proclaiming to the werld that in this enlightened and Christian Republic, venality and party subserviency are quoted at a premium by its Executive, "Fellow-citizens, this may seom very strong language, but we sincerely regret the facts justify it. Our faith in the honesty and purity of purpose-of the prcicqt administration was long since shaken; but, pArty spirit, that incubus which infests the land—pride of opinion, and other causes, combined, induced us la overlook many of the shameful practices; in the vain hope that they were the results of temporary party excitement, but devclopcments arc daily making which satisfy us at.least, that such is not the case, but on the contrary, that they are the inevitable results of a settled course of policy, which, if .longer persisted in, will change the character, if not cause the entire annihilation of our institutions. It is a well k no it n, fact that nine tenths, tf indeed not al!,tho appoinimcnla made by Mr. Van Huron, have been as rewards for put, or as bribes for future partisan services, without the slightest regard to the honesty or capacity of the individuals thus appointed—and many of whom arc notoriously known as the most servile, unprincipled scoundrels, morally and politically, that ibis or any other .country could possibly afford.”— Weiiern Slalemun, .

I am sorry that the length of it prevents me from giving the whole of it to the public.

cun lend for an exclusive tactalic currency, we would ask, in the name of common, sense,* if it would not ho infinitely better fur us all to baro a bank paper whose value would be uniform throughout the country, and not subject to depreciation— than to bo cursed, as wo now aro, with the thousands of different kinds of worth* less shin-plasters, with which the country is overran! We do wish to be understood, as advocating a United Slates Bank—that question, as we remarked before, is not now before the people. Our object is merely to slow upon what questionable grounds, an unprincipled army, of office seeking demagogues,-have succeeded in keeping up such a fearful division among the people bf this favored country,” —We item Statesman.'- •'

We here give the certificate of our irreproachable friend and neighbor, Gamaliel Taylor, (a man known throughout our county] that puts an end to all uncertainty about Gen. Howard’s viewi of Internal Improvement: .Vadirm July 18, 1840.

Editor of the Western Statesman and Democratic Whig , formerly of tho Courier and Enquirer, Madison—and lately of a few numbers of the ■ Veray Times. Sir:—Those who believe that you have abandoned your party and changed your political principles, from an honest conviction that the former was corrupt and the latter wore erroneous, and not from motives of personal interest, will find themselves grossly deceived. The true version of the matter is,—-you hare varied your conduct to suit circumstances, you have shifted from one party to another for pecuniary advantage; but of sincere and genuine attachment to cither parly, or of any thing like honest, political principle, you appear at all times to have been totally destitute. With the several parlies in Mexico, which you in turn served and deserted, I will not trouble you at present, '‘sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.” My design is to quote to you from the "Courier and Enquirer,” and from the.few numbers of the Vcvay Times which you lately published, such passages as may serve to placo in its true light your sudden, and seemingly mysterious conversion Ip whiggery. In the Courier and Enquirer, published by you in Madison, you came forward the voluntary advocate of Democracy. You embarked with thensands of others in a coursc tho most important, and the most honorable, in which any human being could be engaged—viz; to defend the threatened liberties of your country—to support the inalienable rights of man—to encourage the best principles of hitman happiness—afad to defend the great mass of your fellow-citizens from the ambitious grasp and tyrannical encroachments of an insolent,supercilious, would-be aristocracy. You rallied her broken troops; you were foremost in the foremost ranks in the political contest; and your constant professions of anxiety for the "good came” were expressed with a degree of favor that placed your sincerity above suspicion. You wished to be considered the first champion of the day, and in the height of your zeal to support tho administration,' and'inculcate "/Ac pure principles of Democracy” you even sometimes overstepped the bounds of decorum. Take the following as a specimen from the "Courier and Enquirer,” This was loo much tinctured with vulgarity, especially coming from a man who pretends to be a stickler for decency and good breeding, "0, wad some power.”!

Hero it is, read. - "THE OLD FEDERAL COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT WHIG CREED. "The Whig party of the present day contend that there is no identity of the principles for which they are contending with those of tho Federal party of 1737, the time of tho adoption of the Constitution; and when tho fact is charged homo upon thcuij they adroitly avoid an issue, by pointing to men in tho Democratic ranks, who are suspected by them for having been educated in the Federal school—thus seeking justification rather than directly disclaiming the truth of the charge, If there are any federalists in our ranks, they have been admitted through the merits of a thorough repentance and and an unqualified abjuration of their former principles* As well might we attempt to reconcile virtue and vice—patriotism and Toryism, as to unite Federalism with Democracy by any other means. We hard; on various occasions, endeavored to render visible through'the mists and revolutions of lime, tho silken chain which connects the self-styled Whig party of (he present day with tho old Federal party of ’or, and as often have we received the anathmasof those wlio are no less interested in preserving that chain than they are in deceiving the people as to the fact. Nevertheless wo believe that our efforts have not been altogether unsuccessful. On the contrary wo have submitted facts, connected with their-gene ral course of policy, which must have satisfied every unprejudiced mind that the Federal party of by-gono days and the Whig party of the present, arc one and the same, and that the hidden spirit of their principles has a direct tendency to ihe.subrorston of self-government. ■* ■ "In addition to the evidences already adduced' to provo the identity of the two parties,.we have selected a few articles of the Federal creed of X7S7, 'and placed'opposite to them an equal number from tho creed of the Whig parly of the present day, which ought to dispel, even from the minds of the most skeptical, .every shadow of doubt which may hang oyer the subject.” The above needs no commentary. An attempt to explain, would only mystify.

I certify that-1 have been intimately acquainted with Gen. T. A. Howard for the last six years, and have often conversed with him upon the subject of the internal improvement system, and have'always regarded him as being opposed to the system, and when I was a candidate for Governor wo were together at Indianapolis attending court and. roomed together, whore Gen. Howard assured mo unless I took strong grounds in favor of classification of the public works, that I could not gel the support of tho party. GAMALIEL TAYLOR.

Here, sir, you approach with careful steps the the grand object of federal aristocracy—a U. States or National Bank. Against such an institution, however, you have been so violently opposed, that you are ashamed to come forward boldly as its advocate. It is no wonder. Such a measure was so uniformly and strongly opposed by you on all occasions, that even your new Whig effrontery must feel a little delicate in recommending it. Tako the following as a specimen of your' former hostility to "the mmtlcr

Let us now look at the other side,of tho question. Judgo Digger voted for the Survey Bill, ho voted for Caleb B. Smith’s system bill, tic eupporlcd David Wallace, 1 the system candidate, against John Dumont, the classification candidate in 1637,—ho was supported in the whig convention by Wallace and his friends; and finally he, Isos he publicly declared in Veray, for carrying on several of the public works. And accordingly be is supported by all tho system madmen of Madison, same of whom arc running over this county to defeat Howard, by humbugging us with the story that he is a friend to the system—they themselves still professing to bo its friends.

Speaking of.the Sub-Treasury—-“Interested stock-jobbers may denounce it sis odious. Odious it is in truth 'to them, as it will take from them the exclusive jjrivilegoof banking upon the public funds, which might not to be held in a Republic. No Where in the Constitution is a hank mentioned, nor is there any idea in that guide of our government; of a banking system to’roanago the finances bf.thc nation. On the contrary, in the convention whrchfortncd that ioslniment, there was a marked disapproval of the project of a bank.” —Courier and Enquirer;- “■ f -•

Let us now sco whether the people of Switzerland county, will sacrifice (heir ‘local interests’ os well as personal friendships, for the great interests “of J. G. Marshall, G. II. Putin, and Milton Gregg’s party.”

• This idle jargon—for it.is something more .than common, nonsense—reminds me forcibly of the aophisth of logo to Rodrigo.’ “I protest,” says the villain of Sbakspcare, "I have dealt fairly with thee.” "li.halh not appeared so,” says the simple Venetian. "No," says the subtle scoundrel; “I grant it bath not appeared..' But nevertheless it is so,”. } ■ ■:

“BANKS.

editor of the "Statesman” wo see is out with a furious attack on Mr. Fisher.

; “The Philadelphia Inquirer of. the 10th insl., says:— , .;. -• ;

He assails his consistency. The people of Pleasant township will long remember Mr. Eggleston’s oflbrt in that way; and Mr. Fisher’s reply. The people of cveiy oiher part of the county have, however, also heard Mr. Fisher, and it is amusing now for the apostate Gray to attempt to injure him, ' The editor of the Statesman says Mr, Fisher is a politician by trade, and seeks for office and emolument. Mr.. Fisher is quite willing to compare trades with Mr. Eggleston or Mr. Durbin. Mr.' Fisher has never been a candidate so- often as Mr. Egglraton, and has declined more nomiDatioiTShha.l he has accepted. As to motives, who ranlisten to a man who confesses like Gray, that;he tried to ruin the republic, and make pack-horses of the people for hire!

-•‘Wo regret to find that somodoubts still exist as’ jo a general and early resumption of tpocio payments on the part of the banks of Pennsylvania,’

“For three years past the Sub-Treasury Bill has been the great bone of contention, and in iho- very face of lie own self-condemnation, it has recently .become a law of tho land.' Whethor its operations,will,'.hereafter, bo for the weal or woe of this'country, will now. be fairly tested—and, although‘we once favored the measure, let political demagogues mark our prediction—that the time is not Tar distant, when they will dread an identity with this measure ar they would political destruction, for'it will be one and the samething.”—-IF<ifer« Statemah.\ , • This is‘an important- discovery,, but unfortunately too late*. : You have heretofore advocated the measure too long and with too much ability to induce any person .to .believe that yon ore or pretent serious on this subject.. Read;; ;

Road the following from tho “Courier and Enquirer’*;— V . “ .. . ■ "What delight the'Whigs seem to take in the false notion that our Government is banhrupt:~How often do they tell us, that to supply the extravagance of - thd present Administration, twenty millions of Government ehinplaaiera have been issued! But what‘are the facta!. During a time of general pressurej'the Government humanely extended the time of payment of merchants bonds to tho Custom house, thus colling off’for a time the principal source of revenue, and in order that the operations of the govemmeut, as well as the progress of tho 'various public works, sbould not In interrupted by ibe arrangement, a-temporary emission of Treasury Notes was resorted to," These notes thus forced into circulation for public convenience, and as a representative of money-hetuslly-dne the'Treasury, form the grounds upon which tho lloco-. pocoa base"their assertion that tho Goverhmeht is bankrupt. Now, that tho, tidw' : whicb; was granted the importing merchants 'for the payment of their bonds has expired, and the money is flowing into the'Treasury,-these notes are being redeemed, and .'in a short time tbey will be entirely drawn from circulation. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued his Circular, bearing dalo the 20th ult,, giving notice. “That all the outstanding Treasury Notes; which bear.date on or before the 21st of May, 1838—being those issued in pursuance of the act of Cong rose of the 13th October, 1837—will now be paid, on presentation at the Treasury, in advance of the period on which they fall due.’*' This, in our dpjnr ion, does not took much like bankruptcy.” “The first resolution that is offered at'every Bacanalian gathering of the Hopo-pocos is, 'That wo consider the course of the present administration of tho general government, from its commencement to tho present lime, as totally at War with tho interests of the country—as- designed to perpetuate power in tho hands of ascertained minority, in disregard of the known inter; csts and wishes of the great mart of the people.! How does the result of the late elections in Maine. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,contrast with this sentiment! Do not they snow conclusively that the people havq no confidence in the lloco-poco slahgjunaccompanied by the least argument! Most, assuredly—and: since they have failed in deceiving the people, wd advise the Hocus to couch this standing Resolution in terms more ambiguous.' To ensure success they should alter it so as to read as follows: -Resolveil, That wo consider the course of the present administration of tho general government, from its commencement to tho present time, as totally at war with the interests and privilege •of the rising Aristocracy of the country—is'designed to perpetuate power in the hands of the vulgar populace, in disregard of the known Interests and wishes of the wealthy portion of the community, who atono havo an ijjtctest in the soil!” “V;

“This is.regulating the currency with a vengeance. Nearly'evcry bank in the Union professes to bo ready and willipg. to resume specie Saymenla, and.many hare already resumed, yet lr. Biddle's great 'regulator.is still holding. back—preparing to resume but; not resuming! .Tbisjprocrastinatioo is ruinous to the country generally.and "particularly to the West, The products of oiir soil will be coming to market soqa,'.aod where is the money to bo obtained with Which to purchase ill At a time when the people reposed entire confidence in the Banks, they were issuing paper promises ad tibHum, and. collecting the specie into their vaults. Haring succeeded in stripping the country of Us metallic circulation, they close their doors, and, as though determined to paralyze the whole business.energies ef the country, commenced a tyrannical system of contraction which brought ruin to the doors of thousands, and left no man unscathed by the general pressure, and notv, baying both’the specie and their paper promises within their vaults, they glory in holding in their own. hands the sinews of trade and commerce, and leisurly, contemplate the ruin which they have produced, and under the pretence of preparing to resume, refuse to discount asingto dollar to relievo the necessities ef those who have been ruined by their avaricious policy. But they all profess to bo awaiting the movements of Mr. Biddle, and so far as the Banks . of l&diaqa, Kentucky and allinois arc concerned, we have every reason to believe, that nothing but the policy of 31 r. Biddle prevents an immediate resumption, but there can bo but little doubt that there are other banks, that profess tb.be holding back foe the same reason, wten in fact, they are secretly encouraging, Biddle in his stubborn and tyrannical course, and it may yet be months, or cren years before a general resumption lakes place.”—Courier and Enquirer,

“//cco y.cco or hocntpocut, is a most apt name for the panic whig party/ Lot it bo put upon them till it raises a hlitfer. It is a good dictionary word, full of meaning, and may be found in Johnson and Junius. Junius derives it from ‘hocseed, Welsh, a cheat, and poko or pocus, a bag . D’Estrango defines the term,.‘a juggle* a cheat.*

* ’* ■ “Theyshould not," however, forget that Gen/Thompsoni* a little better than half'Hemdcfatj .He is a. State’s right man, and will oppose a National Bank, and give the Sub-Treasury bis decided support. This ia all .we carerfor. All other things are mere circumstances.”— Cbdrier and Enquirer.

We arc accused of charging the people of this county with being dictated to. Not at all, at all. We ridiculed the attempt of certain old enemies of this county, to become its new political leaders. And the facta we exposed, havo thrown their confederates here into spasms,—the dying agonies of approaching political dissolution.

The application is as classic as it ta apt. The Whigs arc I!oca$ x who thrive by cheating in speculation; ■ cheating in panics; cheating in Hank trickery; cheating in politics; cheating by all manner of hypocrisy in morals, temperance, government and religion'. They ate Pocot too, contriving to hoodwink the people by all manner of lies and misrepresentations; and moreover, in all their attempts to court and seduce the people, they aliva)9 ‘get the bag,’ Let them then be called ever hereafter, tlio IIoco Pocos.”

Again:— 'V P' . : * ; v “THE SUB-TREASURY. ; indications of public sentiment throughout; the whole country in' favor of this promlnent roeasuro of. the Administration afford ahgiiry . of iU becoming the law of the land.l'- Altlio'ugh defeated at iho last session of Congress by- the combined influence of the friends of national and local banks, when doubiless'ihoney had secret operation, the advocates of ihis conslitutional Treasury need not despair. They will have the mass of the people to sustain them./. The storm of clamor and denunciation which was raised by the eight hundred banks and their million of dependants fo mislead the popular'mind, has nearly, passed away, and the people nlreadyjccognize tho correct common sense ahd constitutibnal grounds upon which the system is placed, ' Thauk’God, the eight h u ndred bank’s cannot succeed in corrupting the moral sense of a majority of thd people,” —Courier and Enquire • * . • . •

Glorious News.

Zodiriono redeemed pom Federal misrule and

Bank Aristocracy.

News from N. Orleans of tbcSOtli inst.came to hand last evening of the most cheering character. There can be no doubt of the following result of the late clecttion there. Dawson and Winn, (Dem.) are both elected to Congress, which is a gain of two members—and a majority of Democrats in the Legislature on joint ballot.

The friends of Democracy highly appreciated the value of your assistance, and willingly gave you credit for more talent than you possessed. You wero ranked among the principal Editors of the State, and if you did not catch the “golden shower" so congenial to your feelings, yet you hid the satisfaction to know that your tabors were not in vain, and that your exertions were highly applauded and gratefully acknowledged by the whole body of Democracy throughout the State. Hut lo! on the eve of battle—when your comrades were buckling on their armor, and the trumpets about to sound the charge, you deserted to the camp of the enemy—and, “for so much trash, as may bo grasped thus,” sold your honor, your character, and your high standing as a gentleman, to men whose breath, like tho Simoon of the desert, has n pestilential influence on every thing that has life, whoso acquaintance is fatal to reputation, and wboss friendship invariably leads to ruin and disgrace. In vain, sir, you endeavor to screen the sordid transaction by a pretended conversion brought about by a discovery of the corruptions of government. It will not do. To have made it in any way plausible, it should have been miraculous, and as you seem lo believe in revivals, by a little aid from the imagination, you might have converted yourself—swallowed the delusion—and then told your experience in apostolic stylo—“at mid day, O King." Dut let us proceed lo a fair and impartial investigation of the article referred to.

Eggleston sometimes complains of the attacks made on lus political course by the Vcvay Times. . Docs ho allude to those which were penned by Mr. Gray, whilst he was editing this paper—or to tho notices taken of him since? If be refers to tho former, why we confess that from Mr. Gray’s subsequent course, any thing he has over said has become suspicions, Dut it is really amusing to hear Gray himself complaining in his last paper of our course towards Mr. Eggleston, 'when he himself, in his Iasi Vcvay Times, was the very first to question •Mr. Eggleston’s information and his veracity!— Aud Mr. Eggleston then thought quite as well of Mr. Gray. Politics makes us acquainted with a I range bed-fellows.

. So much for your present and former opinions relative to a U. S. Bank, a Sub-Treasury, and, the ( conduct of the present administration. Time will.not alio it mo to prosecute the subject fartlror at present; but in a future number, 1 intend lo rcsumo it- In the mean lime, I wonld xaution .the Democracy against hypocrites and deceivers. , Totisc yotir.oirn trords—’“We arh loth to : acknowledge that the Democratic perty has been too often deceived—ahused! and outraged, by unprincipled demagogues, who, aft fir winning their confidence and obtaining power, briogdisgracc upon the party, by shamefully abusing that confidence and turning traitors to the principles, or rattier profes* sionsVby. which they gamed their elevation. Yet while this fact docs not in the least affect Democratic principles, it sufficiently admonishes us, (o be more cautions in "whom we place our confidence. Let the Democratic parly pay more attention to this, and we not only deprive; oiir wary enemy of every tangible ground for opposition, but ultimately secure the triumph of our principles.” To conclude—taking all circumstances into consideration, and the unprincipled of those characters who employed you—your late somcrselt looks very suspicion*. “A aiure, no doubt, placed you on the tide of Democracy , but you have unfortunately fallen into not only bad, bnijhc won/ company; and you are now,” for a/no pieces of tileer, ••defeating the great purpose of your creaFrom such a humiliating situation—good Lord, deliver us! I ! aghicola. *

. Yet again:— - ; . .. ; •*- v ; “The cry about tho safety of thoTreasury being'jeopardized is not tbo alarm of patriotism. It is iheclamorous cryof the rapacious clsferof Danbites, greedy; to make uso of . the - fbon ey for their own selfish ends.”—Cburftr and Enquirer. V Theso,; with hundreds of 'similar passages which might bf. selected' from your editorials, on this subject, even imtil within these few weeks, clearly, prove, that there is something wrong—something rotten in the . state of Denmark. 1

.will not descend to vulgarity, nor am l in tbo .habit*of using scurrilous language—all, therefore, I shall say on this subject Is—that you. have made yourself a living monument, of pity and contempt. - ■

March of Mind.

The party of “all tho talents,” aro now contending for the fallen cause of Federalism by running round the country and reading from the stump, long second-hand inventories of secondhand furniture—made out by those respectable political criers, Ogle, Stanly, and Proffitt. And iu addition to the hard cider-tog which has been going on, tho people are now to bo treated with extraordinary outpourings of tlrong

TLc conflicting opinions expressed in the ahove paragraphs speak for themselves. I would ony ask you, how long since have you discovered the corruptions of tho general government! What dovclopemcnts havo been lately made, that led you to the discovery! And lastly, how long have you been knowingly assisting “Me matt tervUe, unprincipled tcoundrelt, morally and polffically, Mai Mil or any oMer country cou/d pottibly afford," to make m "pack hortet" and tlatetf I am a plain mani and to the above questions I expect direct, categorical answers.

‘ ■ “Though not strictly before tho people at lists time, the antagonist measure of this dangerous and destructive scheme, is a United Stales or National Bank. Upon this subject the followers of Mr, Van Buren, bare even lost tbeir ancient landmarks, and now forget that they differ with tbeir former revered leader, Apdrcw Jackson. He declared that an institution might be formed, which, at the same time that it would be freo from constitutional objections, would answer all tho purposes of the old Bank, Dectrines like these would subject ono to excommunication by Van Buren Democrats now-a-days, so much more patriotic are they than Jackson! Now, since it has been admitted by tho bead and front of Democracy, that a National Bank might bo formed;-free from tho objections which attached to tho old ono, and as. there is-not oao man in a hundred of tho Van Buren parly, so ultra in his loco-focoism as to

“TO THE PUBLIC.

“As we havo been somewhat associated with the Van Burcn parly for some years past, it may occasion some li ttle surprise, affected or real, in certain quarters, on seeing our name at tho head of this paper. A proper defTcrence, therefore, to our former associates, compels us to frankly stale that we hare abandoned the support of the present administration, —not because wo are tired of thus democratic pbisciples, or of the great mass of honest men with whom wo have heretofore acted—but because we are tired, disgusted, and even alarmed at the anti-dcmocratic and dangerous practices of those who enjoy the confidence of that party—Because wo can no longer support an administration of corruption, whose practices are notoriously at war with the professions, and whose pernicious influence, like the poisonous breath of the Siroccoj is now sweeping over the length and breadth of this land, carrying moral death and destruction Tn its on-

fte-ing. _ Shades of Hamilton, of Adams, and of Marshall—behold the deep degradation of yourparty!

Evidence or Hion Authority aoaihst the Wains.—Mr. Samuel L, Beal, one of tho leading Whigs in this place, publicly declared in presencepf several gentlemen, that tho handbill of the Whig Barbecue contained a positive falsehood—that it was not true in point of fact, and be regretted very much that it was published. “Boys, do yon hear tbatl” '

“These considerations, with many others of 3 like character, have occasioned our abandonment of the party in power. As for great prihcivi.cs, there are but faw strictly involved between the two parties, and we sacrifice nemo by the change/’-- fValern Statesman.

“Mr, Eggleston is well known in this county,”—TFettern Slaletman, So were the /alien angelt knoten in Heaven.

‘What a melancholy comment ia this fact, upon the intelligence of the people of Indiana,” — ff'Ctl, Slatcimau,

My dear sir, you have by the change sacrificed every principle, great tnd mall, {if you ever bad any,) that constitutes a true Democrat. But I cannot explain tho matter better than by referring you to an article written by yourself in the Courier and Enquirer. It is ably written, and

• ’Query.—Have tho Whigs admitted you on the came terms. You have been & great sinner, and persecuted the taiidt with great vigor. You must indeed manifest a thorough repentance, before they can place any confidence in your professions.

What fact! To bo humbugged by the unprincipled editor of the Staleimanl ’Tis truly, a melancholy comment of the degeneracy, of tho limes.

."ilr. Eggleston has faithfully and ably served m jo the Legislature.’— IFetierit Statement, \ Yes.. But ho served himielf more faithfully and ably.